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April 04th 2014:Building a Creative Culture

Museums do creative work, but is creativity relegated to the exhibit designer and art curator? Can the registrar and operations manager be creative in their work? We know what a creative culture looks like at Google and Apple, Inc., but what would a creative culture look like in a museum? How will we know it when we see it? This week’s guest Linda Norris will bring together the threads of recent shows related to creativity, leadership and governance.

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Featured Guest

Linda Norris

Linda Norris is an independent museum professional who focuses on shaping compelling narratives, improving professional practice and listening to communities. She is the co-author, with Rainey Tisdale, of Creativity in Museum Practice, (Left Coast Press, 2013). Linda has worked on interpretive projects and developed professional development opportunities for museums and cultural organizations in the United States, Canada, and Europe including the American Association for State and Local History, Connecticut Humanities, the Berkshire Museum and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Linda was a Fulbright Scholar in 2009 and 2010 to Ukraine, teaching museum studies and working with museums through